He who is confirmed in his conviction that the infinite consciousness alone exists, is instantly freed from thoughts of pleasure and is therefore tranquil and self-controlled. The mind is by nature inert: it borrows intelligence from the consciousness which it pursues in order to gain the ability to experience. The mind thus comes into contact with whatever has been brought into being by the power or energy of consciousness (chit-shakti). Thus, the mind exists by the grace of consciousness, as it were; and it entertains various thoughts on account of its perception of this universe. The consciousness alone is its light: otherwise, how does the inert mind function intelligently?
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